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"In California, as of 2002, the US Department of Defense had
• 123,948 active-duty military personnel
• 7,932 US Army personnel
• 96,047 US Navy (including 20,000+ US Marines)
• 19,969 Air Force
• 58,076 DOD civilian personnel
In California, as of 2000 there were 2,569,340 veterans of US military service:
504,010 served in World War II,
301,034 in the Korean War, 754,682 during the Vietnam War,
and 278,003 during 1990–2000 (including the Persian Gulf War). "
Source: Wikipedia
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